Twenty20 revolution a threat to cricket

In Bamber Gascoigne mode, allow me to give you a starter for ten: which team are second in the ICC Test Championship? OK, if you got India, here is your bonus question: by how many points do they trail Australia and when will the championship be decided? It is only a short distance from that ignorance - on my part as well as yours, I suspect - to asking the final question: how many people care?

After a raft of Twenty20 announcements this week, Test cricket has never felt more vulnerable. My opening gambit for this newspaper described the Twenty20 revolution as the greatest opportunity the sport has known. That remains the case. That cricket is awash with cash can only be good news, especially…